2009年7月29日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Schumacher set to replace Massa at Ferrari (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 11:22 AM PDT

Former Ferrari Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher of Germany looks at a time board during the qualifying session for the German F1 Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring race course July 11, 2009.     REUTERS/Peter Steffen/Pool/FilesReuters - Seven times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher will replace injured driver Felipe Massa at Ferrari if he passes a fitness test, the team said on Wednesday.


Govt to maintain growth amid global slump - Mukherjee (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 08:47 AM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during a business meeting in New Delhi July 7, 2009. India hopes to maintain the present level of economic growth despite a global slump as a steep fall in exports has been arrested in the last two months and industrial output looks promising, senior government officials said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - India hopes to maintain the present level of economic growth despite a global slump as a steep fall in exports has been arrested in the last two months and industrial output looks promising, senior government officials said on Wednesday.


PM says will carry on with Pakistan dialogue (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:16 PM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a news conference in Chennai in this May 9, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Babu/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told parliament on Wednesday he would continue to try and improve ties with Pakistan, a sign the government was looking to move towards resuming a stalled peace dialogue with Islamabad.


Phelps breaks record to retain 200 butterfly (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 11:22 AM PDT

Michael Phelps of the U.S. competes in the men's 200m butterfly swimming semi-final at the World Championships in Rome July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiReuters - A resurgent Michael Phelps shattered his own world record to retain his 200 metres butterfly title at the world championships on Wednesday.


Google "interested" in Microsoft/Yahoo deal (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 09:13 AM PDT

A woman walks past an advertisement of a mobile phone running Google Inc.'s Android operating system at a train station in Tokyo July 12, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Search engine giant Google Inc said it was "interested" in Microsoft's 10-year search deal with Yahoo announced on Wednesday, adding that competition was usually good for online users.


India against "new approach" to Doha talks - minister (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 08:08 AM PDT

Trade Minister Anand Sharma speaks during a business meeting organised the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi July 29, 2009. REUTERS/Buddhika WeerasingheReuters - India is against any new approach to negotiations on reaching a global trade deal but wants an early conclusion to the stalled Doha round as it would help the global economy, the trade minister said on Wednesday.


Microsoft, Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 11:41 AM PDT

Microsoft runs across a news ticker above a Yahoo sign in New York City May 19, 2008. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/FilesReuters - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc inked a 10-year Web search deal to challenge market leader Google Inc but stopped short of combining their display advertising businesses.


India to maintain growth amid global slump - Pranab Mukherjee (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 04:20 AM PDT

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - The government hopes to maintain the present level of economic growth despite a global slump as a steep fall in exports has been arrested in the last two months and industrial output looks promising, senior government officials said on Wednesday.


Vijender, Sushil win prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 06:39 AM PDT

India's Olympic men's middleweight boxing bronze medallist Vijender Kumar attends a function in New Delhi August 28, 2008. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Olympic bronze medallists Vijender Kumar and Sushil Kumar have been awarded India's highest sporting prize, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the sports ministry announced on Wednesday.


Musharraf shuns Pakistan court hearing on misrule (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 05:25 AM PDT

Former Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf salutes upon his arrival at the airport in New Delhi in this March 6, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - A Pakistan Supreme Court hearing into allegations of misrule by former president Pervez Musharraf resumed on Wednesday without any lawyers present to defend the ex-army chief, who left for London two months ago.


Australia do not have same aura, says Strauss (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 05:49 AM PDT

Australia's Ricky Ponting (C) speaks with team mates during a cricket training session at Beckenham in Kent, southern England June 18, 2009. Australia do not have the same aura about them as recent dominant teams from Down Under, England captain Andrew Strauss said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesReuters - Australia do not have the same aura about them as recent dominant teams from Down Under, England captain Andrew Strauss said on Wednesday.


Bangladesh orders troops out of hill region (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 06:27 AM PDT

Reuters - Bangladesh has ordered troops to pull out from the southeastern hill region 12 years after signing a peace deal with tribal insurgents, officials said on Wednesday.

Hero Honda June qtr profit soars (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 08:54 AM PDT

Employees work in an assembly line at Hero Honda's plant in the northern Indian town of Haridwar in this April 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Tanushree Punwani/FilesReuters - Hero Honda Motors Ltd, India's leading motorcycle maker, beats forecasts with an 83 percent rise in quarterly profit as sales rose and costs fell, and said it expected the growth momentum to be maintained.


BMW exit no surprise to F1 governing body (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 04:12 AM PDT

BMW Sauber Formula One driver Nick Heidfeld of Germany drives during the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix in the Hungaroring circuit near Budapest July 26, 2009.    REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerReuters - Formula One's governing body expressed regret but no surprise at BMW's startling exit from the sport on Wednesday and hoped cost-cutting measures would prevent more departures.


Bihar offers cash to boost school attendance (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:49 AM PDT

Children from flood-affected areas pray for relief inside a school at Rajokhar village in Bihar in this September 2, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Bihar is offering one rupee (two cents) per day to poor children to encourage them to attend school and raise literacy levels, officials said on Wednesday.


Q&A - BMW to leave Formula One at end of 2009 (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 06:01 AM PDT

Klaus Draeger, board member of German luxury carmaker BMW during the company's annual news conference in Munich March 18, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/FilesReuters - BMW announced on Wednesday they will leave Formula One at the end of 2009. The following Q&A looks at where that leaves the sport:


Rights group urges resettlement for S.Lanka's displaced (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 04:20 AM PDT

Tamil civilians stand behind a barbed-wire fence in the Manik Farm refugee camp located on the outskirts of the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya May 26, 2009. REUTERS/David Gray/FilesReuters - The international advocacy group Human Rights Watch urged the Sri Lankan government on Wednesday to release hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians confined to displacement camps despite the end of the country's civil war.


Q+A - How monsoon rains impact South Asia crops (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 05:19 AM PDT

People wade through floodwaters after heavy rains in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta DeyReuters - South Asia is suffering from unusually erratic annual monsoon rains this year, with India seeing the driest June in 83 years and a wetter than usual July, and conditions across the region varying from floods to drought.


FACTBOX - Impact of climate change on India (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:25 AM PDT

A shopkeeper sits in his shop on a flooded street in Porbander, 400 km (248 miles) west of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, July 27, 2009. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - India is among countries most threatened by climate change with experts warning that rising temperatures will lead to more floods, heatwaves, storms, rising sea levels and unpredictable farm yields.


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